UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Apr. 15 — Kupiansk local government signed a partnership memorandum with Drew Dilkens, the mayor of Windsor, a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, said Andrii Besedin, head of the Kupiansk military administration.

Windsor is located on the US-Canada border on the banks of the Detroit river. It’s an important transport and economic hub between the two countries — and also a major contributor to Canada’s automotive industry.

“I asked Drew Dilkens to visit Ukraine together with his colleagues,” said Besedin.

He also noted that local authorities will work with new partners to rebuild the Kupiansk community.

Since Feb. 3, the live map made by DeepState, an OSINT war monitoring group, has shown that Ukrainian forces liberated the southern part of Kupiansk, while the northern part was marked as occupied by Russians.

On Apr. 15, Kharkiv oblast authorities decided to expand the mandatory evacuation area in the Kupiansk district, including the Shevchenkove and Velykyi Burluk communities.

Read more

  • Russian forces attack Kharkiv’s northern outskirts with glide bombs, injure 2 people

⚡ The fifth year of the Russian full-scale invasion started, so it’s been four years since most of us here at our Kharkiv-based newsroom became war reporters. Please consider supporting our journalism via a one-time donation — or join our community.